diff --git a/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs b/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs
index c52f338..069c092 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
             consoleBuffer[i+1].BackgroundColor = console.BackgroundColor;
             console.WriteBufferLines(consoleBuffer, ref _singleton._initialY);
 
-            var y = coordinates.Y + 1;
-            _singleton.PlaceCursor(0, ref y);
+            _singleton.PlaceCursor(0, coordinates.Y + 1);
             _singleton._buffer.Clear(); // Clear so we don't actually run the input
             _singleton._current = 0; // If Render is called, _current must be correct.
             _singleton._currentHistoryIndex = _singleton._history.Count;
@@ -293,8 +292,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
             }
 
             var coordinates = ConvertOffsetToCoordinates(_current);
-            var y = coordinates.Y + 1;
-            PlaceCursor(0, ref y);
+            PlaceCursor(0, coordinates.Y + 1);
             _inputAccepted = true;
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs b/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs
index 59a6ad3..332e15b 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs
@@ -314,8 +314,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
 
             // Don't overwrite any of the line - so move to first line after the end of our buffer.
             var coords = _singleton.ConvertOffsetToCoordinates(_singleton._buffer.Length);
-            var y = coords.Y + 1;
-            _singleton.PlaceCursor(0, ref y);
+            _singleton.PlaceCursor(0, coords.Y + 1);
 
             console.WriteLine(buffer.ToString());
             _singleton._initialY = console.CursorTop;
@@ -373,8 +372,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
 
             // Don't overwrite any of the line - so move to first line after the end of our buffer.
             var coords = _singleton.ConvertOffsetToCoordinates(_singleton._buffer.Length);
-            var y = coords.Y + 1;
-            _singleton.PlaceCursor(0, ref y);
+            _singleton.PlaceCursor(0, coords.Y + 1);
 
             _singleton._console.WriteLine(buffer.ToString());
             _singleton._initialY = _singleton._console.CursorTop;
diff --git a/PSReadLine/Render.cs b/PSReadLine/Render.cs
index 7b6a218..2288f15 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/Render.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/Render.cs
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
             charInfo.BackgroundColor = backgroundColor;
         }
 
-        private void PlaceCursor(int x, ref int y)
+        private void PlaceCursor(int x, int y)
         {
             int statusLineCount = GetStatusLineCount();
             if ((y + statusLineCount) >= _console.BufferHeight)
@@ -484,8 +484,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell
         private void PlaceCursor()
         {
             var coordinates = ConvertOffsetToCoordinates(_current);
-            int y = coordinates.Y;
-            PlaceCursor(coordinates.X, ref y);
+            PlaceCursor(coordinates.X, coordinates.Y);
         }
 
         private COORD ConvertOffsetToCoordinates(int offset)